Children's Grand Park Station ( ko, 어린이대공원역) is a

rapid transit station A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the ...

Seoul Subway Line 7 Seoul Subway Line 7 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway was built from 1990 to 1996 (Jangam- Konkuk Univ.) and was completed on August 1, 2000 (central section 17 km. Konkuk University to Sinpung); the western section between Sinpung and O ...

. It is located in Mojin-dong in the

Gwangjin-gu Gwangjin District (Gwangjin-gu) is one of the 25 wards (''gu'') of Seoul, South Korea. It is located on the north bank of the Han River, to the eastern end of Seoul. It was created from neighboring Seongdong District in 1995. Gwangjin District ...

administrative district of

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...

. It is also adjacent to Children's Grand Park from which it takes its name.

Station layout

The underground platform has side platforms. The station has connections to ten

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

lines through its six exits. It services Gunja-dong,

Hwayang-dong Hwayang-dong is a '' dong'' located in west Gwangjin-gu in Seoul, South Korea. It was incorporated into Gwangjin-gu on 13 August 1949. It is a mixed residential and small business area. Mojin-dong is also administered by Hwayang-dong and contai ...

Neung-dong Neung-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gwangjin-gu in Seoul, South Korea. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 ...

and Mojin-Dong. The northern exits of the station are flanked by

Sejong University Sejong University (SJU; ) is a private university located in Seoul, South Korea known for its standing in hospitality and tourism management, dancing, animation and rhythmic gymnastics. Founded as the Kyung Sung Humanities Institute, it was rename ...

, Children's Grand Park and some small commercial development, while the southern exits open onto mixed commercial and residential development in Hwayang-dong.

History

Children's Grand Park Station was opened on October 11, 1996 as part of the original part of Line 7 which ran from Jangam Station to

Konkuk University Station Konkuk University Station ( ko, 건대입구역) is a rapid transit station on Seoul Subway Line 2 and Seoul Subway Line 7. It is located in Hwayang-dong in the Gwangjin-gu administrative district of Seoul. It is adjacent to Konkuk University from ...

. Line 7 was completed on August 1, 2000.

Average Daily Ridership

References

{{coord, 37, 32, 52, N, 127, 04, 28, E, region:KR_source:kolossus-jawiki_type:railwaystation, display=title Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations Metro stations in Gwangjin District Railway stations in South Korea opened in 1996